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Experience & Wellbeing Consultant. Helping people reconnect with themselves through thoughtfully designed wellbeing experiences.

Luxury Hospitality • Corporate Wellbeing • Retreats • Private Practice

29/10/2026

A little glimpse of where we’ll gather this Saturday.

If life has felt busy or overwhelming, join me for a morning in the forest at The Overstory, with space to slow down, reconnect and notice what you need.

The Embodied Way explores five pillars of wellbeing: Movement, Nourishment, Rest, Connection and Awareness.

We’ll enjoy a silent forest walk, gentle yoga-infused movement, guided rest, cacao and a vegan snack. You’ll leave with simple practices to support yourself beyond the morning.

Saturday 31 October | 9–11:30 am
The Overstory, Hout Bay
R575 per person | A small group of up to 12 guests

No yoga experience needed. Come as you are.

Message me to book or WhatsApp 082 972 1110.

Claire Coetzee
Embodied Wellness

25/10/2026

A memorable pause during our time at Motswari African Retreat and Safaris, where we were invited to lend our perspectives on the retreat experience.

Sitting together on the deck outside the Marula room, we found ourselves mesmerised by a herd of elephants just beyond us. Their sheer size, beauty and presence brought our conversation to a standstill.

We watched them make their way down to the water to play, with one coating himself in mud to cool off in the 42°C heat. A feast for the eyes, and a moment that drew us fully into our surroundings.

There was something deeply grounding about sitting quietly together, breathing it all in. That feeling of connection - to ourselves, to each other and to nature - is at the heart of our shared approach to meaningful experiences.

Claire Coetzee Wellness
First Light Experiences - Cape Town marathon

17/10/2026

Finding stability in unstable times.

Practising on the beach, with shifting sand beneath me and the elements around me, invited me to find support within.

Anchoring to my breath. Feeling into the sensations in my body. Noticing where I held tension and where I could soften. Returning to the moment, again and again.

The ground didn’t become steadier, but I found more steadiness within myself. As I connected to my breath, my mind began to quieten, giving me space to meet the challenge.

For me, this is part of gently exploring and expanding my window of tolerance: my capacity to stay present with discomfort without becoming overwhelmed. Not pushing through, but knowing when to soften, adjust or pause.

Balance isn’t always about being still. Sometimes it’s about finding our way back to ourselves while everything around us moves.

08/09/2026

Perhaps you’ve reached a turning point.

We all arrive in adulthood carrying a history.

Our experiences, relationships, losses, stresses and life changes shape us. Along the way, we develop ways of coping.

And many of those strategies have served us incredibly well.

Until, perhaps, they don’t.

Sometimes we notice it in our habits. Sometimes in our relationships. Sometimes our bodies begin asking for our attention through exhaustion, poor sleep, tension, anxiety, loss of energy, or simply a growing sense that we don’t feel as well as we’d like to anymore.

I don’t believe the answer is to judge ourselves for the choices or behaviours that brought us here.

I’m much more interested in understanding them.

What has this behaviour been doing for me?

What was I trying to manage, soothe, avoid or get through?

Is it still helping me?

And what might serve me better now?

This is something I’ve become increasingly interested in through both my own life experience and many years of working closely with people.

Because when we’re standing inside our own lives, it can be surprisingly difficult to see our patterns clearly.

Sometimes having someone alongside us, listening, observing and asking the right questions, allows us to notice things we simply haven’t seen before.

And from there, we can begin to make different choices.

Not by trying to become perfect.

Not by stripping away everything we enjoy.

But by becoming curious about what nourishes us, what depletes us, what our bodies need, and how we want the next part of our lives to feel.

Stronger. Healthier. More connected. More accepting.

And with plenty of room for joy.

I’ve been developing a new area of my work around exactly this: Personalised Wellness & Lifestyle Coaching.

I’m now opening a small number of private coaching spaces.

If something in this post resonates with you, I’d love to have a conversation.

I’m offering a complimentary 20-minute call to explore where you are, what you’d like to change, and whether working together might be the right fit.

No pressure. Just a conversation.

Comment RESET below or send me a private message and I’ll be in touch.

Claire
www.clairecoetzee.com

18/07/2026

What’s in My Bowl?

I’ve become much more interested in what I can add to my meals than what I should take away.

As we move through perimenopause and menopause, protein becomes increasingly important. Not just for maintaining muscle, but for supporting metabolism, bone health, blood sugar balance and healthy ageing.

This morning’s bowl is simple, nourishing and full of foods that help me feel energised and satisfied.

• Organic gluten-free oats for fibre and slow-release energy.
• Wazoogles plant protein to support muscle and recovery.
• Blueberries, strawberries and pomegranate for antioxidants that help protect our cells.
• Mixed nuts and seeds for healthy fats, minerals and hormone support.
• Dates for natural sweetness and extra fibre.
• Vegan yoghurt for creaminess, protein and gut-friendly cultures.

I don’t believe in chasing the perfect diet.

I believe in building simple meals that nourish the body, support the nervous system and help us feel well today, while also investing in our future health.

One bowl at a time.

Claire

08/07/2026

For much of my life, I believed fulfilment existed somewhere outside of myself. I thought it would come from achieving more, working harder, travelling further, or reaching the next milestone. I was constantly searching for something that I couldn’t quite put into words, never realising that what I was truly looking for had been within me all along.

It wasn’t until life invited me to slow down that everything began to change. I started to understand that healing isn’t about becoming someone different or finding the missing piece. It’s about coming home to yourself. It’s about learning to listen to your body, regulating your nervous system, and creating enough space to reconnect with who you are beneath the stress, expectations, and constant busyness of everyday life.

This understanding has become the foundation of my work. Through therapeutic bodywork, reflexology, movement, breath, and embodied practices, I support people in finding their way back to themselves. I don’t believe we need fixing. I believe our bodies hold an extraordinary wisdom and an innate capacity to heal when we create the right conditions for that healing to unfold.

My intention is never simply to help someone feel better for an hour. It’s to create an experience that leaves them feeling more grounded, more present, and more connected to themselves than when they arrived.

Perhaps the person you’ve been searching for isn’t waiting in the next achievement, relationship, or destination.

Perhaps they’ve been within you all along, quietly waiting for you to come home.

With love,

Claire 🤍

05/07/2026

I spent so much of my life believing that healing came from doing more.

Working harder.
Trying harder.
Holding everything together.

But life has a way of interrupting us.

I’ve learnt that the greatest shifts in my life haven’t come from pushing. They’ve come from slowing down enough to listen.

To my body.
To my breath.
To the quiet wisdom that had been there all along.

That is where I now begin with every client.

Not by asking, “What’s wrong with you?”
But by asking, “What is your body trying to tell you?”

Because our bodies are always communicating.

Sometimes through tension.
Sometimes through fatigue.
Sometimes through anxiety, pain, or illness.

When we learn to listen instead of override, something begins to soften. We regulate. We reconnect. We come home to ourselves.

And from that place, real and lasting change becomes possible.

✨ Restore. Regulate. Reconnect.

Claire Coetzee Wellness

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03/07/2026

This quote isn’t just something I believe.

It’s something I lived.

For years I kept adding more to my days. More work. More responsibility. More people-pleasing. More doing. I barely noticed how disconnected I’d become from my own body.

Until one day, my body stopped me in my tracks. A cancer diagnosis became the catalyst for changing the way I lived.

It taught me to slow down. To listen. To honour my body instead of constantly overriding it. To regulate my nervous system. To reconnect with myself. And, little by little, to return home.

Looking back, I realise that my greatest transformation didn’t come from doing more. It came from slowing down.

Your body is always communicating with you. The question is: are you listening?

02/07/2026

Two years with new and improved super powers - how giving up alcohol helped me come home to myself.

31/05/2026

A big part of having a contented life is about doing what you love, with likeminded people. Connecting to nature, to yourself, and to others. Keeping it simple 💚

Book in a “get to know me” chat to see how we can work together to help you get back the life you love.

Address

12 Gilquin Crescent
Hout Bay
7806

Website

http://www.clairecoetzee.com/

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